BIRMINGHAM REVIVES 80-YEAR-OLD BY-LAW TO TACKLE LITTER

Birmingham City Council to using video cameras and an 80 year old by-law to tackle litter on the streets, BBC Radio...

Birmingham City Council to using video cameras and an 80 year old by-law to tackle litter on the streets, BBC Radio Four's Today programme reported this morning.

The council aims to ban advertising leaflets handed out on the streets. It has revived an old by-law which prevents public advertising except on posters or placards.

It is also setting up video cameras to get evidence of people dropping litter.

The council says shops and clubs will have to be licensed to hand out leaflets, so they contribute to the cost of clearing up the litter. But shops are protesting at this clampdown on a cheap form of advertising.

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